i did too i always got the impression he was some mix of native american even on my multiple rereads his description always reads very racially ambiguous in the new show hes portrayed as definitely black which kinda surprised me i know at some point in the book someone asks him if he has a little nigger in him because literally no one can tell what his ethnicity is i love the actor though he was a great choice he has a better look of confused acceptance than kit harrington and thats saying something